Casting Approval Tool: Features and Workflow

As we continue to scale our global dubbing efforts, one challenge we face is improving our ability to discover, assess, and manage talent. We have developed a secure, title centric management application called "Casting Approval" to streamline the entire casting process.

The intent of this document is to present the basic functionalities of the tool. Hopefully you will find that the application is user friendly and very intuitive.

Members of your team will be on-boarded in Starship by our dubbing team or Post Partnerships & Integrations (PPI). If you are awarded a project, it will automatically show up on your dashboard via source request assignment. If you are subcontracting, they will also see the title(s) dashboard, languages assigned, and be able to fulfill requests.NOTE: Access is only allowed when on-boarded directly to a production.

Project Dashboard

Titles displayed on your dashboard are based on source request assignment and starship production on-boarding.

Casting Status - displays state of project

Casting Time - duration based on time project has been open

Auditions - status of fulfilled requests against total number of open audition requests

Created By - original creator of project and point of contact for production

NOTE: If an expected title does not show up on dashboard, please escalate to Creative Dubbing Supervisor.

Characters

Characters page provides overarching view on all characters needing casting and / or library submissions. Character metadata contains age, gender, original talent name, traits, and type. Full biography and descriptions outlined by synopsis, voice descriptions for desired talent. If applicable, a voice test kit (VTK) will be available for playback and download. Title details pane and or overall project status’ outline on right pane window.

NOTE: Audition progress - submitted is what you have sent to Netflix, and completed is what has been approved and cast by Netflix.

Audition Requests

Auditions page provides overarching view on all audition requests needing voice actor fulfillment. On the audition tab, you will have full visibility into audition requests - status, languages, characters. Search bar to narrow down & filter viewing preferences. The submitted and completed progress bars will give you insight into action items.

Audition Tab contains character breakdown, status & duration of open project, plus character click opens side-pane for full character preview.

Assign Talent - will open talent assignment page

Fulfillment and Submission

Assign existing talent from our database, voice talent name should populate as you type. Talent database is robust from previous Netflix projects. If talent name does not populate, click ‘create new talent’ and fill out form to submit actor. WAV file upload should match duration of VTK exactly and be in sync with picture. If talent is not an option in dropdown menu, create a new entry with the actor’s name. Please keep in mind that names should accurately identify talent with correct spelling, characters with accents/diacritical marks, and mixed case (where applicable). Please do not submit talent name with all caps / all upper case.

Submitting Audition to Netflix - defaults to select all, but flexible on character and language selection for submission. Please be advised, multiple languages, you will need to scroll down before submitting.

Once submitted, status’ are shown per character and per language. Netflix contact will receive notification and begin review process.

Status will change once reviewed by Netflix and indicates casting decision. Name click opens side pane with in-tool chat and audition window

Audition Review takes you into the player window to review all voice talents anytime during the submission or approval process. You can side by side preview with video.

Chat feature - feel free to message before or during the casting approval process.

Additional Comments on Casting Approval Tool

SLAs for audition samples to be sent to Netflix will be communicated on project kickoff or by the Creative Dubbing Supervisor before requests are submitted. If you have any questions or concerns, please send feedback via the ‘send feedback’ button in the interface.